SIAMTU THUPINA - KOHIMA AH!
Written by: Upa Chinsum
Lasiam Daduhi leh Liandingpuii te’n a lasiamna uh Toupa’ deihna banga zangkhia a, tuipi gal (European countries) a vatun ciang un, ‘Siamtu ropuina’ la hongpiang hi. Mit-a a muh leh bil-a a zakte un Toupa Pasian thupina musak, ngaihtuah-khesak dundun hive’n…
“Teel lou diing, ngen lou diing, honpiak khak nana uh (Let His will prevails)” cih lai in inspection of arrangement and conduct of Engineering Services Examination, 2014 duty KOHIMA Centre piak in omkha ing. Exam ni di te June 20-22. Inspection of arrangement, exam patma ni a et zawh ngai sek ahihman in June 18 a Kohima ka tun ngaita. Office Admn. IV te’n ticket hon laaksak ua.
• Air India vanleeng a Kolkata tawna Dimapur tung. Aban (Dimapur-Kohima, 74 kms), hired taxi in.
• Lengpui vanleengphual & Aizawl (Khatla veng) kigamla saksim lai om. Tua pen, Dimapur leh Kohima kikal taxi in I hongtai tuh, naicik ana hi!
• Dimapur vanleengphual’ lum-le-vot ana sa mahmah lai a, Kohima ahihleh ana kidang e – nipi khaw-lum koi ah!
• Circuit House (Catholic Cathedral kiang) ah kinga, singpi dawn zawh in, geyser a suanlum tui, ‘tuilum’ in kisil ing. Vot takpi, tuivot teel huailou hive’n.
Siamtu thupina, lungsim a honglang leh Kohima a muhkhak khenkhat taklang ni.
Ø India gamsung, mallam (north India) Delhi a khua lum sa-a kizul himai; malsuah (north east) Kohima I tung kha tuh, puanpi (blanket) silh a ki-ihmu hithit..
Ø Mallam Delhi a I melput tuam, tawndan tuam nalai. Ki-etdan leh kisaidan tuampah. Kohima a tuh, mel-le-puam kibang, hon houpih (khatveina)phot in Nagamese hon zatkhum uh…
Ø I khawdak kual ci’a singnuai-gammual taktak laka langva, teklei a kibawl building inn hoih pipi hong paakkhe sesua. Nitak, khawmial nung in I hong dakkual bang tuh, a etlawm eive aw..
Ø I (Naga) pi leh pu, Nagaland na luah masa leh amaute sulnung zuitou I nu leh pa te’n cihtakna leh kuhkalna masuan a, gammaang (virgin forest) lak na nawk uh, tenna taak, khawpi etlawm na suh uh zaw ahive… [Hiai pen ‘Aizawl’ tungtang ah zong dik hi].
Ø Salam hamphatna leh Khalam vualzawlna a dong (zarzou) unau Nagate khenkhat in, sanggampa T Pumkhothang’ laphuah “Hiai tantan a Na honpii… suiseng a hilou” omzia thei le uh a kipahpih tawk banuah, Naga pau a letkhia in a sa ut tawk di uh maw…
A tunga I gelhkhiak lipliapte’n eilam (Lamka suak) khangthakte lakah sinlai honpia in, tha hon-guan leh cih I deihpen leh thumna ahi. Toupa thupha!
“The non-descript Naga town (Kohima) was the centre of global attention during World War II, in the year 1944, when the mighty Japanese captured this Naga town for 64 days. Today, there is a war memorial dedicated to those brave soldiers who laid down their lives in the infamous Battle of Kohima. A visit to the War Memorial is a must… As a tourist destination the biggest advantage Nagaland enjoys is that tourism is still not commercialized. In spite of the onslaught of modernity, Nagaland seems to be in a time warp, insulated from the worst vices of urban life. The sanity of the place is still intact which augurs well for the future.” [Subhasish Chakraborty, “Nagaland: India’s Wild East” in AIRPORTS India, June 2014 issue, pp. 10-22].
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A’ thugelh siamkhak cianga inspiration ngah a omsek heutu khat, Rev Dr. HM Songate (former Director, NEICORD, Shillong) ahi. Ruth Messenger, Jan-Feb 2013 issue a “IAS (Diing!!)” thulu zanga a thugelh beu khenkhat (pp. 18-23), ‘Siamtu Thupina – Kohima ah’ thugelh behlapna dan in taklang sam sam ni maw…
GENESIS 3: 17-19. Bang ahia I sin (Lessons learned):
(1) Gimtaka sem a I neek diing ahi (Only through hard labor man shall eat)
(2) Gimtaka sem in I att diing I nei diing hi (Only through hard labor man shall reap)
(3) Hinkhua haksatak chiam in I omta (A hard life is promised)
(4) Sih matan gimtak a nna sem diing I hi (Man shall toil he dies).
Ahihleh, bangziak a zawng? Bangziak a laisiamlou? Bangziak a lohching theilou? Bangziak a khanvual phalou? Bangziaka IAS leh a dangdang ching zoulou? Hiai tengteng dawnna tuh, I Bible changteel khiak ah a omvek. I tum taktak kei a, I hih taktak peihkei. I tha bei. Gimthuak I peihkei. Buhcii thehlou a at sawm I hi. Gimtak a nasep I peih mahmah kei. I thadah lua. I thutak kei. Thawvenna diing omloupi I mawk thawven uh, thadah I hih ziak ahi! Ka naupanlai ua IAS ka ut utoh kibang lel I hi. Huai banah, thuzuau a kithuhilh I chiing. Etsakna, ‘tribal-te zaw mathematics I siamkei’ chih khawng, ‘tribal khuak in Bengali khuak abaan kei’ chih khawng. Zuauthu ngen ahi! Tribal-te Mathematics a siamkei uh chih ka zak ma, Middle school a ka kailai in, ka buai ngeikei. High school ka hong kai in, miteng in ‘tribal-te mathematics I siam ngeikei’ ana chih supsup ziak ua siamlou maimai I hi un ka thei. High school ka kailai a ka lawmte Thanlien Thiek (Pu Zaneisang sanggampa) te unau mathematics a siam vek uhi. Pu Zanghinglo in mathematics ahon sinsak a, siamlua himai. Rev. L. Thanzam Nungate leeng mathematics a ka tutor ahi a, BA lel ahi na-a asiamlua. Zuau a kikhem maimai I na himaima uh. ‘Bengali khuak I phazou kei’ chih leeng zuaungen ahi hi. Eastern University, USA a MBA ka zilna ah, Bangladesh Bengali mi nga a om ua, khatlel inleeng India mite ahon phazou kei. Mi 2 aching hamham ua, 3-te a kum khatna ah a ke-ngal uhi. Im sese louh in, Korea-te’n le India mite ahon phakei uh. Beteh mehte le I maimai tuankei. Zuau a kikhem diing ahikei hi. Huchi ahihleh, bangziaka khanvual phalah!?
I thadah ziak ahi. Mai-a khaw-ul luanghial in nna I sem peihkei. I tupguh keilua. Lawm-le-vual el nachang I theikei. Pathian le I laukei a, gem-le-nam leeng I itkei. Ccpur nam leh saptuamte a ngeingei a omden I hi. Tuailaite leeng nam changkangte toh I kiteh a ngaita. I thupi uh I theihsiam a I chiansemna diing in ka innkuante tanchin tamlou k’on taklang diing. Ka sanggampa John Lalrosiem IAS (Rtd) in hichi’n achi, “European History, Mukherjee bawl le, comma, full stip tanpha avek in ka thei a, IAS ka muthei naikei. Zingkal dak (nih) vel in ka ihmut ahong suak zel ziakin, kuanga tui in ka khe ka diah zel” achi. Ka naute Challien Songate leh Darzakhum Songate- te unau in, Kolkota a Scottish College a kai diing a lai a hong gelhsak lai un, hiai tantan tung diing un ka na gingta kei hi. Saptuam Upa khat in, ‘Na naute’n mitsan zen in lai a sim zel uh’ achi a, ka kipak mahmah. Sawtlou nung in sepna hoihtak ahon mu hi. Taimakna tuh lohchinna ahi. Ka naupa Dr. JL Songate leeng coaching a omlai in ka vaveh a, a tongkiu dulhzen in lai ana sim hi. Thadah na zaw Bible toh kituaklou, kikalh ahi. Huaiziakin, theihtawp a dou diing ahi. Na deihthusam pen na thiltup sa het ke’n. China-te thupil in, “Great men have will and feeble ones only wishes” (Mi thupite’n tup anei ua, himahleh mi thadahte’n deihthusam kia anei uh) ana chi.
Fulltime a lai ka zillai in, ka taima kei a, ka upat nunga International school ka honzop apan in ni khat in dakkal 8 (giat) sung lai ka sim zel. Misiam leh mipil in ka kikoih kei a, ka hikei na-mah a, misaim leh pil a kingaite ka phazou samthou. Bangziakin? Thagum ka zat ziak in. Panlak ei a zoh theih mah ahi. Laisim ziaka ‘kawng na’ achih khawng uh ka nuih a za theilua, ka palsa vek ahi. Tulai tuailaite’n hon sulungkim kei uhi. Bangchi na hi ua? Khanvual pha diing in panla ta unla! Nu-le=pa leh saptuam makaite’n le, I tate uh taima diing leh khanvual pha diing a I thuhilh/ tawsawn a poimawh mahmah. Kine-gam diing I hita uhi. Pathian thuman tuh khanvual tunga leenna, hauhsakna, pilna, saaanna, siamna leh lohchinna ahi. Paunakte 6: 6 leh 10: 4 ah “lohchinna, hauhsakna leh tampi neihna tuh TAIMAAKNA AHI” achi. Huaiziakin Pathian gam nasemte hi in, sumdawng eh sorkar nasemte hitale’ng, sepna zong leh sinlai hilehang le, TAIMA a, mai-a khaw-ul luang khop a panlak diing ahi chih I theih a poimawh. Ka lawmpa Pu Chinkhenthang IAS (Retd) le, Guwahati a Civil Services exam dia ahong hoh in, a neilah mahmah sam a, silh-le-ten kia anei a. A lawmte’n ‘hiai pa, puansilh diing le nei zoulou ahi,’ chi’n a musit mahmah uh. Ama’n, “Kei lum diing a hong hoh hilou, laisim diing ahong hoh ka hi” achi. A thu ahoih mahmah! A lawm-le-vualte, puansilh leh puanphah hoihpipi silh in zan teng in alum ua, khat le a chingzou a omkei uh! Ama’n, puanphah-puansilh hoih aneikei na-a, hilele, IAS a ching hi. Khanvual phakna diing ahihnak leh, puanthuah hoih neikei le-le ka utzaw.
Huaima deuh in, unau Kuki makaite’n, ‘Rev Vanlalnghaka kiang ah hon va hohpih in,’ honchi ua. Ka vahoh ua leh, room sung ah cassette ana ngai a. “Pu Nghak, bang ahia na hih?” ka chih leh, ama’n, “Pastor khenkhat bible study dan ngaikhia ka hi” achi. “Nang natan inle mi thugen dan ngaikhia na hi maw?” ka chi a; ama’n, “tehreng mai” chi’n ahon dawng. Mi zaw Pathian gam nasepna ah le a taima ua, a kisinbeh ua, misiam leh felzawte hihdan a enkual ua. Eilawi tuh, midangte a laksawn tum selou in, eimah kimuang I bang. Pathian thu sermon hihfuh deuh a kingaih leh, I tute min dia’Lalrongbawl’, ‘Lalsandam’ leh adangdang I phuak sukpah zel! I deihkhop baih theilua uh ahikei maw! Mai-a khaw-ul luang khop a nasemloute kuama’n vualzawlna adong theikei. Bible in a genlawksa vek ahi.
1984 kum in Dimapur, Nagaland ah World Vision of India nuai a nasem a ka omlai ahi a. Ka lampa Suresh Kumar in, “Madras WVI head office ah naupang hoihdeuh khat casual in ka la ua, a nasep atawp a, na deihleh nang le casual in ana la ve” ahon chi a. A post diing a lemtanlouh ziakin, niteng a kiloh dan in ka la hi. A min Jerome ahi. Kha khat in Rs. 500 aloh zoukei, ka hehpih mahmah a, Pathian laumi, mi taima leh ginom, pautamlou ahi. BA lel ahina-a, accounts lam ka khoihsak ua, a nehsoh mahmah. Sawtlou nung in VW Asia Bangkok office ah sepna ava mu a. A taimakna a sunzom zel a, 1996 inAsia WV India Sun System accounting trainer ahong a, gintak ahaksa mahmah. Tu in WV International Sun System Accounting system ah heutulian ahi hi. US ah a-om ua, kha khat a alohkhiak India Chief Secretary-te’ khathum loh zahvel ahi di. BA lel hi a, tu’n bel degree sangtak neita le ahikha thei. Ka staff luite laka loh tampen ahi. Eilawi inlah, BA in I pan a, BA in I zou. LP school teacher in I pan a, LP school teacher mah in I pension zel. BD in I pan a, BD in I pension. Nna haksa leh tawlhuai hi BA, MA zoh chianga tawpsan maimah diing ahikei. Atheih liai leh sutzop charchar diing ahi.
Pathian thu in, “Tuma lam thilte zaw theigige kei unla, ngai un,m thilthak ka hihsin,” Isai 43: 18, 19 ah anachi. Omna ngeingei a om charchar a, gentheitak hing diing in, Pathian itna a dim in achi kei a, masawn leh khanglian diing in ahon deih mahmah hi. Khatvei Rev. Rothanglien Hmar IAS luipa toh Diphu leh Guwahati kikal ah train (rail) in ka tuangkhawm kha zenzen ua, Pherzawl a high school kailai tanchin ka dong hi. Hichi in agen hi: “High school ka kailai in ka genthei mahmah a, khawnvak leina diing sum ka neikei a, bawngthau ka meekkhawm a, alai ah khausum ka koih a, huchi in lai ka simthei hamham hi” achi hi. “A hong lum/ sat chiang in a bawngthau ahongtui zel a, ka meeklum zel” chi’n agen hi. Ka hehpih mahmah a, ka mittui ka khaamzou kei ahimai. Huchipipi a M.Sc., LL.B zou a, IAS hong hilai! Nang electric nuai ah, fan nuai ah, air condition nuai a duhduh ne-a laisim a, bangmah sim khelou na hihleh, “Na kipahpihhuai mahmah”!! Hamsiat gama vualzawlna dongtaak loute zaw, hehpihtaak le ahikei! Bangziaka hichi lawmlawm a thazoi I hitel uale?
Siamsinna lam hileh, saptuam hileh, politics lam hitaleh, kuamah phak I neikei… Missionary tawmchik I vaak a, ‘thilpiak a nasem diing in TOUPA’N honsam” chi in I sa puak ziahziah maimai ua! I saptuamte lak ah missionary 200 chawm kuamah I omkei. Mizoram Synod 2011 budget Rs. 119 crore ahi! ‘Amau zaw member atam ua,’ I chi maithei. Member khat in kum khat in Ccpur a saptuamte’ n apiak Rs. 1200/- a chingkei. Abul tak (root cause) hidia ka gintak tuh, Pathian I gingta taktak kei a, A thupiakte bangmah a I ngaihlouh ziak ahi. Khovel a saptuam lian mahmah heutute, nikhat a dakkal 8 sanga tawmzaw nasem a vaang mahmah. Ei lak a saptuamte’n nikhat in dakkal bangzah mawngmawng I sem ale?
Taimakna lam ah Hindu leh Muslim te I phazou kei, bangchibang Khristian I hia? 1983 in Clerk Theological College, Makokchung ah ka va tunga. A clerk-pa uh Ratnam ahi. Amah Telegu mi ahi a, matriculate lel ahi. Kum bangzahhiam nung in Manipur ah ahong ki-transfer a, New Life Ministries-te’n Mount Carmel School, Mualvaiphei ah Headmaster di’n ana la ua. A name plate ah, MA, B.Ed chih kitaak ka muh in, “Ratnam BA le na pass man ahia?” ka chih leh, ama’n, “Sir, Nagaland a ka omsung in MA private in ka zou a, B.Ed. Orissa ah ka vazou” chi hi. Huai hunlai in, eilak ah MA, B.Ed kuamah ki-omlou ahidiam! Eilawi hile zaw, Makokchung ah clerk nna mah sem in I omlai diing ua, pension ngak in, I om maimah diing! Huai banah, saptuamte antangpham le I batlaak lailai diing! “Na mai a khaw-ul luang in, nna gimtak in na sem dia… lei in loupe leh loulingneite ahon suang di’a…” cih ahi. Nna gimtaka sep diing I lauh ziak in, I gim a, mai-a khaw-ul aluan diing I lauhluat ziak in, haksa sa in, I mai ah khaw-ul luang ahive.
Huaiziakin, unau deihtakte, taimakna lamah kithadahsak kei ni hang in, tutna sau tung ah sawtpipi lumlou in TV ma ah leeng nah un zangbei tam kenla; lum sawt ke’n. Ann ne sawtlua ke’nla, ling leh lou lingneite kawma nna gimtak a sem in, neek diing tampi nei diing in panla thak ni. Huai lah hauhsakna, tampi neihna, lawm-le-vual phakna, siamna, nna thupitak muhna, nam changkanna, guktaaklouhna, Pathian’ thumanna leh a bukimna ahingal a.
Amen.